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Trump Continues To Fight Angry Scots

Filed under: Real Estate Developments

Michael Forbes will not go quietly. Forbes is just one of the angry homeowners on the fringes of the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the area soon to be the home of Donald Trump's billion-dollar golf resort. Four homeowners are facing the prospect of compulsory purchase orders to buy their houses because their land is to be part of the Trump development. The homeowners plan to challenge the decision by a local committee to grant the Trump Organization permission for the land in Scottish court.

The Scotsman says that says Donald Trump, Junior and George Sorial paid a visit to Michael Forbes' home this week and were chased away. Forbes, who has been fighting against the Trump development for two years, told the Scotsman that he thinks it is a revenge situation now and that Trump wants everyone who was against him out of the area, a scenario that seems plausible since Trump isn't exactly known for having a warm and fuzzy business style.

Trump Prevails In Scotland

Filed under: Real Estate Developments


If there's anything I've learned it's that you don't bet against the Trumpster, he usually get what he wants. And yet I thought he was going to be out of luck when it came to claiming a slice of Scotland to build a golf course. After a long struggle, however, Trump has been granted approval for his planned £1 billion golf resort in Aberdeenshire from the Scottish government. Environmentalists have been fighting the development because it impinges on protected sand dunes. Last November, the project was rejected by a local council committee but Trump was in Scotland earlier this year to fight for his development. Since then the project has been reviewed by the Scottish government and it has been deemed that there is a large enough economic and social benefit to justify the construction. Trump still has to gather capital and all the land necessary, things that have been proven to be easily surmountable obstacles for him in the past.

Trump Plans Scottish Golf Courses

Filed under: Journeys

Although some Trump ventures are a bit out of left field, the man does make decent golf courses. Now Trump is taking his links magic to Scotland. He is set to build a new resort near Aberdeen that will have two golf courses and a hotel. The land looks pretty bleak in its current state.  And who knew Trump was Scottish? Apparently his mother is Mary McLeod from Stornaway and Trump's new TrumpGolfScotland website has the details on his Scottish lineage. The course should be ready in a couple of years.

[via Scotland Today]

Sea Trail Golf Resort

Filed under: Estates, Journeys

Another golfing community to tempt those interested in a golfing lifestyle is the Sea Trail Golf Resort & Conference Center in Sunset Beach, N.C. The 2000-acre resort and residential community has three championship golf courses and the largest conference facility on North Carolina's coast. There is also a swim and fitness center with indoor and outdoor pools and an on-staff massage therapist. Real estate offerings include the Townhouses on Eastwood Bluff which have private elevators and views of either the  fairways, ponds/lakes, or pool/recreational areas. The Jones Course at Sea Trail has been named one of the top golf courses in the Carolinas.


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